East Meets ACE – Part 9: Yokohama Cosmoworld
Our next stop was Yokohama Cosmoworld in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
An interesting park that straddles a river, we had about two and half hours to sample their attractions.
We presented a plaque to the park when we arrived.
Diving Coaster: Vanish (Senyo Kogyo Co., Ltd., Steel Sit Down, 1999)
With a dive through an underwater tunnel, this coaster looks quite stunning.
It has some rough transitions, made painful by OTSR, but the dive is quite good. I did not hear of anyone having a problem with the age limit of 64 – 1 ride.
Spinning Coaster (Reverchon, Spinning Wild Mouse, 1998) This was the first spinning coaster in Japan and sits on top of a building.
The very tight restraint system, which has a tendency to ratchet down, made for a somewhat painful ride, not usually seen on a Reverchon spinning mouse. I am not aware of any issues from its age limit of 64 – 1 ride.
Family Banana Coaster (Senyo Kogyo Co., Ltd., Family, 2007)
While quite tight for many, it gave a good ride – 1 ride.
There are a number of dark attractions at this park.
New Ghost – Journey of Fear – This was interesting as you could choose from three levels of fear in this darkride haunted house, meaning that certain scenes were turned off on the lower levels. We chose the highest level and it was pretty good, with lots of Japanese horror scenes – 1 ride.
Ice World – This ice house was at a temperature of -30 ° C, and the walls, chairs and other items were made of ice. This was the first of six ice houses we would encounter on the trip. It was amazingly cold and very nicely done. Even as hot natured as I am, I could not stay long – 1 walkthrough.
Cycle Monorail – This sky cycle had great views by the river – 1 ride.
Rapid slide “Cliff Drop” – This was a good log flume with a game where you would shout to win a prize for the greatest noise level. It also went right by where the coaster dives underwater. I am not aware of issues with the age limit of 64 – 1 ride.
Cosmo Clock 21 – Advertised as the biggest watch-type Ferris wheel of the world, this 369’ observation wheel has great views – 1 ride.
Other dark attractions include: Shooting Ride “Cave of Ekidona” 3D; Mirror Adventure; Game Ride “Smog Kingdom Adventure”; Card Maze “Gururi Forest Adventure”;
Dr. Edgar’s Curse Collection “House of Terror”, a Western style haunted house which was not open this day; Surprised · Fushigi Hall “Cosmo Panic”; 360 ° 3D Theater “4D King”; and VRV ~ VIRTUAL REALITY VEHICLE. They also have Merry-go-round, a two-story merry-go-round; Super Planet; Galaxy; Disk-o and five children’s rides.
This was a fun little park.
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